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Jan 24, 2021 · Areas of neglect across the continuum of women's, children's, and adolescents' health must be prioritised. Three areas demand greater attention and investment: protection from violence against women and girls, adolescent health and wellbeing, and early childhood development.
- Helen Clark
- 2021
Mar 8, 2024 · In conflict areas, women are 7.7 times more likely to live in extreme poverty. Climate change is set to leave 236 million more women and girls hungry by 2030, twice as many as men (131 million). At prime working age, only 61 per cent of women are in the labour force versus 90 per cent of men.
Oct 24, 2023 · More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, a 50 per cent increase since 2017. Civilians around the world need greater humanitarian aid than ever before—but countries are instead increasing military spending, which topped USD 2.2 trillion in 2022.
- 3 Things to Know About How War Impacts Women and Girls
- What Impact Does War Have on Women and girls?
- How Does This Relate to The Mission to End Extreme Poverty?
- Who Are The Key Players in Solving this?
- What Action Can We All take?
The biggest risk they face is gender-based violence. Women and girls are exposed to unprecedented rates of sexual violence, abuse, and torture in war conditions.Conflict enforces the objectification of women and girls, as they are often seen as weapons of war, being used by perpetrators of violence to assert control.More than half of the world’s conflict-related refugee population is made up of womenand children.Women and girls have their health and safety, their human rights, and their futures placed at unbelievable risk during conflict. The United Nations’ #EqualEverywhere campaign— which was started to help promote global gender equality — identified a few main areas where women and girls are most hurt by war. These include gender-based violence (GBV), ...
War directly affects almost all the United Nations’ Global Goals — 17 goals, like achieving gender equality or good health and well-being for all, that are a roadmap to ending extreme poverty. When it comes to women and girls, the impacts of war and conflict are most directly felt on Goal 3, for good health care and well-being; Goal 4 for access to...
There are lots of humanitarian aid agencies that look out for women and girls impacted by conflict. These include the likes of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN's Population Fund (UNFPA), and Amnesty International to name a few. Organisations helping girls access education in conflict and crisis include Educatio...
In order to bring an end to gender inequality experienced in conflict conditions, war and violence needs to come to an absolute end too. In the meantime, women and girls’ rights must be made a priority in all ongoing conflicts, wars, and humanitarian crises, as well as in the aftermath of these events. You can join us in taking action hereto help m...
Mar 22, 2024 · Of the 345 million people who are severely hungry in the world right now, nearly 60 per cent are women and girls. The proportion is higher in countries suffering from conflict, where women are trapped in a cycle of disadvantage, poverty, and displacement.
Jan 30, 2024 · “Why? In war, we see layers of protection that women normally have taken away from them—the loss of community, laws, and other forms of protection that they have—and there’s a breakdown of law and order. That is feeding into the normalization of violence and making women extremely vulnerable.”
This report explores how women endure conflict, and offers recommendations on how to better address their unique needs and challenges. Download report: Women in War CARE fights poverty and social injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.
